Arcahaie (Haiti)
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Sources of Information
- Institut haïtien de statistique. Département de l'Ouest, Arrond. Arcahaie, Commune Arcahaie, ville de l'Arcahaie, 1978.
- Discours prononcé a l'Assemblée de l'Archahaye, le 15 novembre 1789:t.p. (Archahaye)
- BGN gaz., Haiti, 1973(Arcahaie, ppl, 18⁰46ʹN 72⁰31ʹW; in Ouest Dept.; cites 1 other in Nord-Ouest; ref. from Archaie)
- Col. Lipp. gaz., 1966(Arcahaie, agr. town, Ouest dept., W. Haiti; sometimes L'Arcahaie)
Wikipedia description:
Arcahaie (French pronunciation: [aʁkaɛ]; Haitian Creole: akayè) is a commune in the Arcahaie Arrondissement, in the Ouest department of Haiti. In 2015, the commune had 130,306 inhabitants. During the Gang war in Haiti on 10 October 2024, the town was attacked by the Taliban gang, causing an unspecified number of casualties.
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